Finding NeverLand
In 2004, Freddie Highmore act as Peter Llewelyn Davies in the movie "Finding Neverland". .
Emma Roberts
Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is an American actress, model and singer. She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts.Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York.She is the stepdaughter of Eliza Roberts and Kelly Nickels (formerly of L.A. Guns), and the niece of actresses Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Music Career
In 2005, Roberts had a debut album Unfabulous and More. The album was released on September 27, 2005, through Columbia Records and Nick Records. It also served as the soundtrack to the television series, Unfabulous, in which Roberts stars. The album peaked at No.46 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. In September 2005, two promotional singles were released from the album: "I Wanna Be" and "Dummy". The album includes several original songs (among them "Dummy" and "I Wanna Be", both of which were also released as music videos, "I Have Arrived" and "This Is Me", which was co-written by Roberts), as well as some of Addie's songs from the first season, including "Punch Rocker" and "New Shoes" (both from the episode "The Party"), "94 Weeks (Metal Mouth Freak)" (from "The Bar Mitzvah") and "Mexican Wrestler" (which had previously appeared on Jill Sobule's 2000 album Pink Pearl and in the episode "The 66th Day" from Unfabulous). During the same year, Roberts recorded "If I Had It My Way" for the soundtrack of the 2005 Disney film Ice Princess. In 2006, Roberts covered the song "Island in the Sun", which was originally recorded by Weezer in 2001; she recorded the song for the Aquamarine's soundtrack, a film where she starred as one of the leads.
Roberts said in a 2007 interview, "Right now I am focusing on movies, I am getting ready to start a new movie this summer so that is taking a lot of my time. I think when I am a little bit older it is definitely something I’d like to pursue." In another interview, she said, "My musical career is indefinitely on hold. I don’t like people who become like ‘actor slash singer.’ I think people should be one or the other because usually you’re not going to be great at both. You’re going to better at one, so you might as well stick to the one you’re good at. I’m going for acting."
2006–2012: Theatrical films
In 2006, Roberts returned to the big screen, starring alongside Sara Paxton and singer JoJo in Aquamarine. Roberts won a 2007 Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film for her role in the film. The film Aquamarine took No.5 place at the box office on its opening weekend making 8 million. In early 2006, Roberts finished shooting her title role in Nancy Drew. The film was released to theaters on June 15, 2007, and grossed over 7 million in its opening weekend, though the film was not well received by critics. In December 2007, Roberts began filming Hotel For Dogs. In 2008, Roberts had her voiceover debut when she voiced the English version of the character Wilma in the CGI-animated family film The Flight Before Christmas.
In 2009, Roberts starred alongside Jake T. Austin in Hotel for Dogs, based on the novel by Lois Duncan. The film premiered on January 15, 2009, and was released to theaters on January 16, 2009, and took No.5 place in its opening weekend with over $17 million. The film has to-date grossed over $114 million, and received generally mixed reviews from critics. Roberts starred as the lead in the film Wild Child,about a rebellious teen from Malibu sent to a boarding school in England. Roberts described her character as "pretty much your typical spoiled-brat Malibu socialite who gets shipped off to British boarding school."Roberts also appeared in the indie film Lymelife with Alec Baldwin, which was premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Roberts said that Lymelife is “kind of like American Beauty meets The Ice Storm”, and that her reasoning for doing the film was that, “Some people look at me and think, She’s just Julia Roberts’s niece. So I wanted to do something smaller and edgier, something that would show I really am an actress.” < br>
Roberts co-starred as Grace in the hit 2010 film Valentine's Day with her aunt Julia Roberts. Roberts is set to reunite with Nancy Drew director Andrew Fleming on both Rodeo Gal and a Nancy Drew sequel, although the latter has been put on hold since 2007. She appeared in the sports comedy The Winning Season. In 2010, Roberts also appeared in Twelve and It's Kind of a Funny Story.
According to BloodyDisgusting.com Roberts will be starring in the horror film, Grimm, which follows the Quinn family that moves to Marburg, Massachusetts, a town that turns out to be haunted by the most horrific nightmares spawned by the imagination of the Brothers Grimm. She co-starred in the film adaptation of Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, as well as A Great Education. She also starred alongside with Freddie Highmore in 2011's romantic comedy The Art of Getting By. In May 2010, Roberts received the role of Jill Roberts in the Wes Craven film Scream 4. The film opened in theaters April 15, 2011.[26] She also appeared on "Take Two With Phineas and Ferb"..
In February 2012, Roberts began filming a new movie in Syracuse, NY called Adult World. The film also takes place in Syracuse and will co-star John Cusack. Roberts plays a recent college graduate who works at an adult bookstore to make ends meet. Roberts appears in a supporting role in Dustin Lance Black's Virginia, which will receive a limited theatrical release in May 2012 after a two and a half year delay.
Acting career
2001–2005: Early career and Unfabulous
During her childhood, Roberts spent time on the sets of her aunt Julia Roberts's films. These experiences sparked a desire in Emma, from the age of five, to follow her father and aunts into the film industry. Although her mother initially wanted her to have a normal childhood, Roberts made her acting debut at age nine in Ted Demme's 2001 drama Blow. It was the first film for which she ever auditioned.[citation needed] In the film, she portrayed Kristina Jung, the daughter of Johnny Depp's character, cocaine smuggler George Jung. In 2001, Roberts also had a role in Leif Tilden's 10-minute short bigLove, and was an uncredited extra in some scenes featuring her aunt Julia Roberts in America's Sweethearts.
She went on to appear in smaller roles in two family films, in 2002's Grand Champion, as the sister of the main character Buddy (Jacob Fisher); and in 2003's Spymate, as the kidnapped daughter of former secret agent Mike Muggins (Chris Potter), who tries to rescue her with the help of a spy monkey. Grand Champion had a brief theatrical release in August 2004, while Spymate was not released until February 2006, when it was given a theatrical run in Canada, followed by its DVD release in April 2006. In August 2003, Roberts was scheduled to shoot an independent film called Daisy Winters, starring as the title character, alongside Rachel Weisz. However, the film, which would have been Roberts's first leading role, never began shooting due to financial problems.
In 2004, Roberts became a teen idol at the age of 13, starring as the lead character Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, which debuted in September 2004. Nickelodeon had wanted to cast her for the role from the beginning, and the teen sitcom earned Roberts a Teen Choice Award nomination and several Young Artist Award nominations.The show aired for three seasons from 2004–2007 and aired 42 episodes; the third season ended on December 16, 2007.
The television series focused on Addie Singer (Roberts) a seventh grader whose life is "unfabulous" and she writes songs about her life. The television series had had various TV movies which include: The Perfect Moment which premiered on Nickelodeon on October 6, 2006. In 2004 Roberts guest-starred in an episode of the Nickelodeon series Drake and Josh, Roberts was in the episode "Honor Council". Because her character on Unfabulous writes songs and plays guitar, Nickelodeon soon considered a career in music for Roberts .
Early Life of Emma Roberts
Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York.[1] She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and Kelly Cunningham.[2] She is the stepdaughter of Eliza Roberts and Kelly Nickels (formerly of L.A. Guns), and the niece of actresses Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan. She has two stepsiblings, Morgan and Keaton Simons, and a half sister, Grace Nickels.[3] Roberts attended Archer School for Girls in Brentwood, California, from 2004–2005 for 7th and 8th grade.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Emma Roberts
Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is an American actress, model and singer. She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts. Roberts became known for her role as Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous. She released her debut album, which also served as the show's soundtrack Unfabulous and More. Roberts then pursued a solo singing career by recording two songs for the soundtracks of Ice Princess and Aquamarine (in which Roberts starred as one of the leads). Roberts then began to focus on her acting career, the title character in the 2007 film Nancy Drew, and her voice-over debut in The Flight Before Christmas.
In 2008 and 2009, Roberts was cast in the coming-of-age movies Wild Child, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac and Lymelife. Roberts appeared in the 2009 family film Hotel for Dogs and The Winning Season. In 2010, she appeared in Valentine's Day, which also starred Julia Roberts. Later the same year, she had a leading role in It's Kind of a Funny Story. In 2010, she played the role of Molly in the Joel Schumacher film Twelve. In 2011, she starred as one of the leads, Jill Roberts, in the slasher film Scream 4.
"Finding NeverLand" with Johnny Depp
About Finding NeverLand
Finding Neverland is a 2004 semi-biographical film about playwright J. M. Barrie and his relationship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan, directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by David Magee is based on the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee. The film was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Depp's portrayal of J. M. Barrie, and won one for Jan A. P. Kaczmarek's musical score.
The Plot of Finding NeverLand
The story focuses on Scottish writer J. M. Barrie, his platonic relationship with Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and his close friendship with her sons, who inspire the classic play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.Following the dismal reception of his latest play, Little Mary, Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her four young sons in Kensington Gardens, and a strong friendship develops between them. He proves to be a great playmate and surrogate father figure for the boys, and their imaginative antics give him ideas which he incorporates into a play about boys who do not want to grow up, especially one named after troubled young Peter Llewelyn Davies. His wife Mary, who eventually divorces him, and Sylvia's mother Emma du Maurier, object to the amount of time Barrie spends with the Llewelyn Davies family. Emma also seeks to control her daughter and grandsons, especially as Sylvia becomes increasingly weak from an unidentified illness.
Producer Charles Frohman skeptically agrees to mount Peter Pan despite his belief it holds no appeal for upper-class theatergoers. Barrie peppers the opening night audience with children from a nearby orphanage, and the adults present react to their infectious delight with an appreciation of their own. The play proves to be a huge success. Because Sylvia is too ill to attend the production, Barrie arranges to have an abridged production of it performed in her home. She dies shortly afterward, and Barrie finds that her will is to have him and her mother to look after the boys; an arrangement agreeable to both.
The Cast
In addition to Johnny Depp as Barrie and Kate Winslet as Sylvia Davies, the film stars Dustin Hoffman as producer Charles Frohman, Julie Christie as Sylvia's mother Emma du Maurier, and Radha Mitchell (who had starred in Forster's Everything Put Together) as Barrie's wife Mary. Hoffman had appeared a dozen years earlier in title role of the Peter Pan sequel Hook. The original screenplay for this film included a scene in which his character – the play's skeptical producer – was to put on the Captain Hook costume and read some of his lines to point out how silly he found it. Hoffman objected to this, so the scene was rewritten for him to simply read aloud and ridicule character names from the play.
The Llewelyn Davies boys are portrayed by Freddie Highmore (Peter), Nick Roud (George), Joe Prospero (Jack), and Luke Spill (Michael). Highmore's performance in this movie led Johnny Depp to suggest him to Tim Burton for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in which Highmore played Charlie Bucket and Depp played Willy Wonka.[2] Ian Hart appears as Barrie's friend Arthur Conan Doyle. Oliver Fox plays Mary's lover Gilbert Cannan.
Within the film are scenes of a production of the play, featuring Kelly Macdonald as "Peter Pan", Angus Barnett as "Nana", Toby Jones as "Smee", Kate Maberly as "Wendy Darling", Matt Green as "John Darling", Catrin Rhys as "Michael Darling", and Tim Potter as "Captain Hook"/"George Darling", and Jane Booker as "Mary Darling". Mackenzie Crook plays Mr. Jaspers, the theatre usher. Eileen Essell, 82 years old at the time, makes one of her first feature film appearances, as Mrs. Snow, an elderly friend and fan of Barrie's. Like Highmore, she also followed Depp to a role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Jimmy Gardner plays her husband.
Johnny Depp as J. M. Barrie
Kate Winslet as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
Dustin Hoffman as Charles Frohman
Julie Christie as Mrs. Emma du Maurier
Radha Mitchell as Mary Ansell Barrie
Freddie Highmore as Peter Llewelyn Davies
Nick Roud as George Llewelyn Davies
Joe Prospero as Jack Llewelyn Davies
Luke Spill as Michael Llewelyn Davies
Ian Hart as Arthur Conan Doyle
Oliver Fox as Gilbert Cannan
Mackenzie Crook as Mr. Jaspers
Kelly Macdonald as Peter Pan
Angus Barnett as Nana/Mr. Reilly
Toby Jones as Smee
Kate Maberly as Wendy Darling
Matt Green as John Darling
Catrin Rhys as Michael Darling
Tim Potter as Captain Hook/George Darling
Jane Booker as Mary Darling
Eileen Essell as Mrs. Snow
Jimmy Gardner as Mr. Snow
Paul Whitehouse as The Stage Manager
The Production
Finding Neverland originally was scheduled to be released in the autumn of 2003. Columbia Pictures, which owned the film rights to Barrie's play and was adapting it for theatrical release the same year, refused to allow Miramax to use scenes from the play in Finding Neverland if it were released at the same time.
Miramax agreed to delay the release in exchange for the rights to reproduce scenes from the stage production within the film.
Richmond Theatre in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames doubled as the Duke of York's Theatre - the venue in which Peter Pan was first presented. Exterior scenes were filmed in Hyde Park, Brompton Cemetery and Kensington Gardens. According to commentary on the DVD release, the structure used as Barrie's summer cottage was located near Kent. Interiors were filmed in the Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire and the Shepperton Studios in Surrey.
Summary of " The Art of Getting by"
A high school slacker forges an unlikely bond with the most popular girl in his class, and becomes an apprentice to an older artist after learning that his disdain for homework may cost him his diploma.
George (Freddie Highmore) isn't what you'd call a people person, yet he's somehow managed to make it through high school with a minimal amount of effort. Meanwhile, Sally (Emma Roberts) is a natural-born beauty whose popularity helps to hide the fact that she's positively miserable at home.
Brought together by their turbulent personal lives, Sally and George quickly discover that despite appearances, they actually have quite a bit in common. It all threatens to fall apart, though, when George learns that he may not be eligible for graduation.
Desperate to escape high school by any means necessary, George attempts to learn some measure of self-discipline by working under Dustin, a successful 25-year-old artist who sees potential in the young misfit. Now, just as George begins to see the future as something to embrace rather than something to dread, his lazy past threatens to hinder his forward momentum.
George (Freddie Highmore) isn't what you'd call a people person, yet he's somehow managed to make it through high school with a minimal amount of effort. Meanwhile, Sally (Emma Roberts) is a natural-born beauty whose popularity helps to hide the fact that she's positively miserable at home.
Brought together by their turbulent personal lives, Sally and George quickly discover that despite appearances, they actually have quite a bit in common. It all threatens to fall apart, though, when George learns that he may not be eligible for graduation.
Desperate to escape high school by any means necessary, George attempts to learn some measure of self-discipline by working under Dustin, a successful 25-year-old artist who sees potential in the young misfit. Now, just as George begins to see the future as something to embrace rather than something to dread, his lazy past threatens to hinder his forward momentum.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
FUN FACTS
On 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' in 2005, Freddie revealed his hidden talent... he can play 'When the Saints Go Marching In' on two recorders shoved up his nose!
When he and Johnny were filming the last scene in 'Finding Neverland', Freddie said it was quite hard to concentrate on crying as there were loads of Johnny fans screaming out "We love you Johnny!"
When Freddie received the phone call telling him he'd got the part of 'Charlie Bucket', he was at the Grand Canyon watching the sun set with his family.
'Finding Neverland' director, Marc Forster, decided to film one of Freddie's toughest scenes (the playhouse smashing scene) on the second day of filming so the other cast members could see him act and change their attitude to working with him.
When he and Johnny were filming the last scene in 'Finding Neverland', Freddie said it was quite hard to concentrate on crying as there were loads of Johnny fans screaming out "We love you Johnny!"
When Freddie received the phone call telling him he'd got the part of 'Charlie Bucket', he was at the Grand Canyon watching the sun set with his family.
'Finding Neverland' director, Marc Forster, decided to film one of Freddie's toughest scenes (the playhouse smashing scene) on the second day of filming so the other cast members could see him act and change their attitude to working with him.
Freddie's Quotes on Acting
On Getting into character
"You just sort of think about what the character's thinking and then you're in the character."
On being a normal kid
"I try and stay a normal kid as much as possible. At the weekend I play soccer with my friends."
About his dressing room demands!
"Because i'm a spoiled little brat, I absolutely always insist on a table and chair and lighting. This February I'm even going to demand heating."
"You just sort of think about what the character's thinking and then you're in the character."
On being a normal kid
"I try and stay a normal kid as much as possible. At the weekend I play soccer with my friends."
About his dressing room demands!
"Because i'm a spoiled little brat, I absolutely always insist on a table and chair and lighting. This February I'm even going to demand heating."
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Filmography
In year 1999 - Freddie Highmore acted as "Sam" in " Women Talking Dirty"....
In year 2000 - Freddie Highmore roled as "Steven Green" on the TV series "Happy Birthday Sheakspeare"....
In year 2001 - Freddie Highmore acted as the young "Arthur" in the "Mists of Avalon"
In year 2002 - Freddie Highmore acted as "Oscar Bingley" on the TV series "I saw you".... Played as son in the playground on the TV series "Jack and the Beanstalk: The real Story"...
In year 2004 - He acted as "Peter Llewelyn-Davies" in the movie "Finding Neverland" and as "Young Raoul" in "Two Brothers",and "Robert" in "Five Children and iT".
In year 2005 - He played as "Charlie" in the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"...
In year 2006 - He played as "Young Max" in "A Good Year"...
In year 2007 - He played as the voice of "Arthur" in the "Arthur and the Invisibles"... and as "August Rush" together with Evan Taylor in the movie of music "August Rush" itself..." The Golden Compass" as "Pantalaimon's voice"...
In year 2008 - He played a double role as twins in "The Spiderwick Chronicles" as "Jared and Simon Grace"....and "Little Jack's voice" in "A Fox's Tale"..
In year 2009 - "Astro boy's voice"..and played as "Arthur's voice" in "Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard"...
In year 2010 - He acted as "Hally" in "Master Harold and the Boys"..and "Nigel Slater" in the TV series "Toast"...
In year 2011 - a very cute guy turned into a handsome young actor acted as "George Zinavoy" in the Film "The Art of Getting By"....
In year 2012 - as "Trailbreaker's voice" in the TV series "Tansformers: Darkness Rising"...
In year 2000 - Freddie Highmore roled as "Steven Green" on the TV series "Happy Birthday Sheakspeare"....
In year 2001 - Freddie Highmore acted as the young "Arthur" in the "Mists of Avalon"
In year 2002 - Freddie Highmore acted as "Oscar Bingley" on the TV series "I saw you".... Played as son in the playground on the TV series "Jack and the Beanstalk: The real Story"...
In year 2004 - He acted as "Peter Llewelyn-Davies" in the movie "Finding Neverland" and as "Young Raoul" in "Two Brothers",and "Robert" in "Five Children and iT".
In year 2005 - He played as "Charlie" in the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"...
In year 2006 - He played as "Young Max" in "A Good Year"...
In year 2007 - He played as the voice of "Arthur" in the "Arthur and the Invisibles"... and as "August Rush" together with Evan Taylor in the movie of music "August Rush" itself..." The Golden Compass" as "Pantalaimon's voice"...
In year 2008 - He played a double role as twins in "The Spiderwick Chronicles" as "Jared and Simon Grace"....and "Little Jack's voice" in "A Fox's Tale"..
In year 2009 - "Astro boy's voice"..and played as "Arthur's voice" in "Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard"...
In year 2010 - He acted as "Hally" in "Master Harold and the Boys"..and "Nigel Slater" in the TV series "Toast"...
In year 2011 - a very cute guy turned into a handsome young actor acted as "George Zinavoy" in the Film "The Art of Getting By"....
In year 2012 - as "Trailbreaker's voice" in the TV series "Tansformers: Darkness Rising"...
Sunday, June 3, 2012
The Spiderwick Chronicles
 The Spiderwick Chronicles. The evil Mulgarath (Nick Nolte) |
 Thimbletack(the voice of Martin Short) is one of the enchanted creatures... |
